Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-01-02

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3 called. are th8 BaIirosA fsadn, Wi
I - i4ats ar1nze - So NorsAern Pa
re RsiIfea1 b. Cauextsa un3er shs acs
appgspea July "a. 1854. TITS Rad thas
shfaired possession and cGnfral ~ I'll
ihe untaktu ed aeesioes n0t nninssal -
ste araoa1t Of tHenfy 8sfexnats ssntio
pr mia. % cash side 81 said FsiiFoSd
ifnes an4 , strip Of ten miles bs7oad the
iixnI1a ~ asid zllsFnafs secsions 20 PISS
lends freq tue odd sections Of. "a he1
n tboss psavioaaiy taken -sshin tie
Arst Huits Of ne efsus. aod tefs grant
friends from Like Sa9srior - PaRet
Soand and sbe R4cids cream. and COZ
ers miiii5ns % asrs Ia washington
Territory, shish have bssa witn1fsHn
from aofgy an3 ssttisBsst u1dsf fne
asn ral G 3itsd Ststes land lass
Sona parsE % tats arsss Kaflrea1
graz nxFs bssn c17dsm 4 81 pssenta
s1ile posff3as - szsii ntsreDtia vet,
q ~ Territory, aae9Harmd thefeby.
Ths fast Of pstsnsiux u rssdiig Ssser.
tsi1soss 81 i1q1irr " TIE i1serios d
ps -sse1t, % lossl Q. 5. lssd ofasss-
Uadsf ths ssaofian % OSaRr-ss scd
The rniiaRs % DsJsytmantsl et8sefs 81
he GJsefnmen3, tbs ktilroe1 haa fol
yesrs exercised the rights. 9os only q
aorteAeinR tbs lands ineiuae1 wtshtn
sae grast sud If bondins them Tor sale,
mt aiss of selling them for ezsh 70 boa4
ate bugers.
Millions Of acres Of sash Rrsnt-pat-
eHted ~ wsIl a. anpassnsed lends -have
passed by warranty deeds from she rail-
foad iats ths hands Of baysrs for valee,
Hho havs in otzss ersesed e1atly sab.
ssantisi improvements up5n thssa- sueh
lands ID Cur ferrIsory are frseIy bouRhi
4nd sold, and nortRaesd and remort
gsQed by aud amo2a individaais--
fene q. tiiled and cuifivated-afleE issv-
tee the Failscad's control.
PaFties-in osse % -passatsng--
legend Tor theiF titles Hp1n the wording
u she original act Of Congress as 4
grssssf grant the continued sanction OF
Congress as evidenced IN it's amenaat0fs
acts and its supplementary joint Fesoiu.
tons eonffrfiBz upon tbe railroad ex
tensions Of Tins within which 90 bald
lts road By the aeoepted and appx1ysd
plata % line. Fonte and Withdrawals:
the ooatinusd acceptaBes Of the railroad
piats By the Interior Department.; the
successive appointments BY the Press
UHNA Oh tRFNHH ~N9tfil lilaftAN fN~e - taA4
section Of r1adbed ~ built aud reported;
he issaanes Of patents fer ne already
earned portion OF tbe road, aud the con-
giousd Governmental approval Of the
rights Of iuoumberInR and sale exercised
81 she railroad.
Whatsvsr may happen 10 Congress
sionsl action. she last thing - fe9r i
the failure Of Congress, under eli tts
guarantees 70 the railroad, 20 osntirn
tHe rsilread-eettlers' titles. Tue lands
ia Washington Territory are a. good
security as can be found anywhere.
Macy Of them are farms or ranches
IN high state OF cultivation, and some
have been under productive tillaee for
ieany yesrs--partisnlsFly the donation
claims.
Tue Territorial incorporation laws
have organized many towns and cities
IA our f@rrig0rv, Auens which Seattle
s'aads faeie priacsps The statutes have
gwen proper legal Eject and mssninR
20 town pists, ard havs iegal x3d all the
old town plats which are of record. and
oy which lands have beea sold. All the
towns aud cities laid cut and plated
apnn Government lands, technicaIly 80
called. have TIE origin Of tAeiF titles ~
United States patents. and the convey
anciuQ sinos then has been fairly good.
seattle - an instance OF a city founded
entirely upou Government lauds. II is
largely located np0p Donation claims,
ifs irst plsts re recorded To 1853. and
there have besn over $50 t0wn piats OF
additions iiled slnos, laying tue city oul
into regular blacks, lots, strsata and al
leys. All OF It's plass are k1Own anc
thoroughly undsrsto0d, aud the validity
81 very fe9 Of them can be questioned.
Within the last i've years. rs our Ter
rttory aud its wondetful rec urees have
heeome better known aud appreciated
considerable eastern rapstal has beer
coming 10 as for investment; and tht
rates OF interest gained have been lsres
and rrnunerStivs.
Money loaned here nov on first ciass
city or fern property for three and i've
/ years will EASILY command nins aud teF
per cent interest per annum withoHl
risk. some large dealings in real IS
tats ia seattle aud King csunty hav.
Algeady occurred, and are ia the Rir &
oeanf. ans the advent of big capital e
help Us in our enterprises can not b.
anything 10 retaFd oar eroNtb and pFos
psriy. bus will Inevitably prove bene
/ fieial MT oniy to ourselves as a comm,
niiv, butt ihe wiling capitalist IS il:
osner
Tue recent crest activity 10 real -
tate al over Paret Sound has been tn,
means II bn,ldirR up Ia oar Qlsen city
Of Seattle a thoroughly equipOed system
| e rel estate ahstrsc,s OF tifi. hy
ruined men aud lawyers. dsvo's
al their time and eneFgiss to this
species Of pFofessi4nsl iabOs. Tbs Kinf
asaaiv reoards-which x end back e
/ 1853 over 4 period II 50 years, aud ar
very vuiaminous and complicated, hAvs
been by them thoroughly OeeFhsnled
and aesnFately ard scientific Ally tara
lated into abstracts; sud no real estate
Transactions are OF ought b. be eonsid
cred safe here or anywhere, until clel
abstract Of title, showing the laa5 TO b,
free from taxes. judgments. mortgage.
and all liens, and tracing the title bach
/ to che Government or other satissaotoFy
source, has ben written MP certified to
exsmiaed and approved a. good anC
soand, BY skilled ptolessiszal spec
/ islists.
We extend t. capital = most coFdia
and hearty invitation 10 Seattle ana /,
the shores % Pu 81 Sanud-eeFtain tina
when our grand advsnosmant, wonder
fol undevelDped resources G1d maRni1.
cent prospects are seen and kaowB. oai
great VISA ~ wtl seek 60 hecaEne fxeS
and stationary among as--lo Wandsl